UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

MEDCATH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		000-33009		56-2248952
(State or other jurisdiction of		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

10720 Sikes Place
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(704) 815-7700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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On February 3, 2010, MedCath Corporation (“MedCath”) issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. included in the press release and the supplemental financial information issued by MedCath and furnished herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, are certain financial measures that are not generally accepted accounting principles (“non-GAAP”), such as adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”); adjusted diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations (“Adjusted EPS”); and free cash flows. Adjusted EBITDA represents MedCath’s loss from continuing operations, net of taxes before interest expense; loss on early extinguishment of debt; income tax benefit; depreciation; amortization; share-based compensation expense; loss on disposal of property, equipment and other assets; interest and other income; equity in net earnings of unconsolidated affiliates; net income attributable to noncontrolling interest; and pre-opening expense. Adjusted EPS represents MedCath’s diluted loss per share from continuing operations for the three months ended December 31, 2009 adjusted for share-based compensation expense and pre-opening expense. Free cash flows are defined as cash flows from continuing operations less non-expansion capital expenditures. MedCath’s management uses Adjusted EBITDA to measure the performance of MedCath’s various operating entities, to compare actual results to historical and budgeted results, and to make capital allocation decisions. Free cash flows are utilized by management to measure the quality of MedCath’s earnings. Management provides Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS, and free cash flows to investors to assist them in performing their analyses of MedCath’s historical operating results. Further, management believes that many investors in MedCath also invest in, or have knowledge of, other healthcare companies that use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS, and/or free cash flows as a financial performance measure.

Because Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS, and free cash flows are non-GAAP measures, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS, and free cash flows, as defined above, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. MedCath has included a supplemental schedule with the financial statements that accompanies this press release that reconciles historical Adjusted EBITDA to MedCath’s income from continuing operations, Adjusted EPS to diluted EPS from continuing operations, and the computation of free cash flows.

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated February 3, 2010

Exhibit 99.2 Financial Update dated February 3, 2010

Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 listed in this Item 9.01 are being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated February 3, 2010
Exhibit 99.2		Financial Update dated February 3, 2010